Thailand General Election: The People's National Forces Party Leads, The Count of Votes Is Delayed A
Thailand held a general election on the 24th. According to the unofficial vote count, after counting 93% of the votes, the People’s National Forces Party, which nominated Prayuth as the prime minister’s candidate, led with about 7.64 million votes. The overall vote count will be delayed until the afternoon of the 25th local time.
According to the report, according to the unofficial results announced by the Election Commission of Thailand, as of 22:30 that evening, out of 92% of the votes that had been drawn, the People’s National Forces Party, which nominated Prayut as the prime minister’s candidate, received about 7.64 million votes. The former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra received 7.16 million votes, the New Future Party, which has a greater influence among young voters, received 5.2 million votes, and the old party Democratic Party received 3.2 million votes.
According to the report, due to constituency restrictions, the People's National Forces Party has the lead in the number of votes, but it may get slightly fewer seats in the House of Commons than for the Thai Party.
After learning of the preliminary vote counting results of the general election, the chairman of the Thai Democratic Party and former prime minister Abhisit held a press conference that night to announce his resignation as chairman of the party. He said that the preliminary results of the election obviously did not meet the goals of the Democratic Party and the expectations of supporters, and he would be responsible for the results, so he resigned from the leadership of the party.
On the other hand, according to Reuters, the Thai Election Commission had previously announced that it would postpone the preliminary vote count announced on the evening of the 24th to the morning of the 25th, and then announced that it would be postponed to the afternoon of the 25th.
The general election in Thailand will be held from 8 am to 5 pm on the 24th. In this general election, 500 members of the House of Commons will be elected, and more than 10,000 people from more than 80 political parties in Thailand will compete for these seats.